Sendmail

[Brazen]

I just installed Redhat 7.2 on a new machine. I want to move all the Sendmail configuration and user information over from an old machine. Is there an easy way to do this? Couldn't I just copy some directory(s) over?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Just figure out which files sendmail needs and move those over. That should be about all you will need to do.

 

[Nothinman]

If RedHat is anything like Debian everything you need should be in /etc/sendmail/

The only config file sendmail itself reads is sendmai.cf (and any files it referances like relay-domains, etc), the rest are m4 macro scripts to make configuring sendmail easier.

 

[Brazen]

yeah ok thanks. I'm asking if anyone know WHAT files Sendmail uses. Thanks.

 

[Brazen]

Ok, so all I need to copy is the sendmail.cf file, right? I don't need to copy the whole etc/sendmail directory do I? Now, this should take care of the sendmail configuration, but then what do I need to get all the users copied over to the new machine? Copy the entire /usr/ directory? Or is there more to it, or less to it?

Someone let me know if I'm way in left field on this.

 

[Nothinman]

/usr has nothing to do with the user accounts on the system, they are kept in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow

 

[Hector13]

<< /usr has nothing to do with the user accounts on the system, they are kept in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow >>



By "user information" do you mean just the logins/passwords/groups and such (which is what Nothinman suggestion will do) or user home directories too (which are obviously in the /home directory)?

 

[Brazen]

Well, I'll also need to grab any emails that have not been retrieved from the server yet, also. All this server is used for is transfering emails, so there won't be any other user files to copy.

Also, some address get forwarded to yahoo and hotmail, I would like to also get any files that would have that information.